2020 Public Services Trust

A new, independent, think tank, which brings together policy makers, public service managers, civil servants, business and third sector leaders, and consumer voices to debate and research how to improve public services

The Commission on 2020 Public Services on the future of public services

The Commission on 2020 Public Services and others who joined the debate talk about the future of public services.

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Clare Tickell discusses 2020 Public Safety with Ben Page & Jen Byrne

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At the launch of our latest report, 2020 Public Safety: Opportunities for Reform, 2020 Commissioner Clare Tickell discussed the findings of the publication with 2020 Commissioner Ben Page and Jen Byrne, Director of Justice Development at A4e.
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At the launch of our latest report, 2020 Public Safety: Opportunities for Reform, 2020 Commissioner Clare Tickell discussed the findings of the publication with 2020 Commissioner Ben Page and Jen Byrne, Director of Justice Development at A4e.

Public Finance interview with Sir Andrew Foster

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Chair of the 2020 Public Services Commission talks about his blueprint for public services reform; the coalition' record so far; NHS management cuts; and the outlook for further education.
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By Lauren Cumming
About 15% of people my age have a long term condition. A little over two years ago I developed COPD: Cautiously Optimistic about Payment on Delivery, and have been unable to rid myself of the affliction. Thus having published Better Outcomes, a report exploring the what, where and why of payment-by-outcome, I and several colleagues ... more »

By Henry Kippin
Interesting contrast in a couple of news stories coming from the states in the last few days. On the one hand, portents in the Guardian of a difficult 2 years for President Obama in the face of a Republican controlled Congress. On the other, a piece in the New York Times on falling inequality in ... more »

By Henry Kippin
Last night I was speaking at the mining institute in Newcastle at a roundtable discussing themes from LOCAL – a book my Dad and I published recently. The book is a mix of photography (based on an artist-in-residence period at Cumbria County Council), and text (an essay on local politics & identity), and the roundtable ... more »

2010 Seminar Programme

Media appearances

Sir Andrew Foster and Professor
Vernon Bogdanor talk about the
Commission's final report out todaywhich calls for a public service
revolution. The financial crisis should be
used as an opportunity for wholesale reform to health, education, policing and
welfare, according to the Commission on 2020 Public Services. Reporter Tom Bateman looks at what
the public services might look like in ten years.

Radio 4

Matthew Taylor debates
the findings of the Commission's final report and its impacts on
communities with Labour MP Frank Dobson and Mark Littlewood of the Institute of Economic
Affairs.

Radio 4

2020 Commissioners Bridget Rosewell and Greg Parston talk about the Commission’s final report out tomorrow which calls for far greater transparency into how the public taxes are spent.

Reporter Tom Bateman looks at suggestions that the official spending figures contain a black hole

The 2020 Public Services Trust (2020PST) was established in 2008 to broaden the debate on the future of public services, which it achieved successfully through an intensive period of engagement, a broad research programme and several publications. The Trust has now ceased its activities and, as at 1st March 2011, transferred to the RSA’s Public Services and Communities team. Visit their site here.

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